Dr. John Benham, writing on www.supportmusic.com says, "Music Education Advocacy. The concept can make us indignant. Why should anything so valuable to the education of every child need to be defended?"
He continues, "If you’re a parent of a young person interested in playing music, you’ve already experienced first-hand the positive impact of this sort of challenge. If you’re a member of the community with a love of music, you know how much it has benefited you.
But the truth is, we have no choice but to defend school music programs. In a time of drastic reductions in school budgets, music can sometimes be misunderstood as not core to an academic curriculum. But we do know that participation in music is vital to a young person’s academic and social development."
Advocacy for music education for students is not about what we teach children as much as it is about what children are learning and music education is fundamental to that.
Continue Reading "MUSIC ADVOCACY: Caring Enough to Put the Students First" - Dr. John Benham